Bottle-stopper



(Model) J. D. MGDADE.

. Bottle Stopper.

No. 239,105.- Pa tented March 22, I881.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES D. MGDADE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,105, dated March 22, 1881.

Application filed September 13, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern! Be it known that I, JAMES D. MGDADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Bottle'Stopper, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a very simple, neat, and easily-applied fixture for attachment to any bottle. By thismeans the cork or rubber is easily and securely inserted and readily drawn, and always remains I attach ed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents the bottle with closed stopper and the rings across in position to se Fig. 2 represents the bottle and closed stopper, and shows the relative position of the knob G and the ring B. Fig. 3 represents the bottle and closed stopper, presenting the side where the hinge H secures.

the top to the ring A. Fig. 4 represents the bottle with stopper off and hinged to the ring A and the ring B pendent. Fig. 5 represents the rubber. Fig.6 represents the metal top, outside view and Fig. 7 represents a vertical central section of the bottle and closed stopper and fastenin gs through the hinge and knob, the parts being in the position of Fig. 1, showing the shape of the hole in D, and the shape of the rubber E, fitting in top D, and the relative position of rubber E and the bottle-neck.

The invention consists, mainly, in the cornbination, with a cap for holding the cork in the mouth of the bottle, of two metal rings pivoted upon opposite sides of the neck of the bottle, and adapted to cross the mouth of the bottle and secure the cap by binding upon two opposite points thereof; and also in minor combinations, which will hereinafter more fully appear. v

I will now proceed to describe my invention, so that others skilled in the art to which i it appertains may apply the same. y

In the drawings, A and B indicate two metal rings, secured by the wire 0 to the neck of the bottle. The wire is coiled round each ring on are united securely by forcing through the I hole F the rubber, which is thick above and tapers below, conforming to the shape of the hole F. The object of securing the rings to the bottle-neck and the ring A to the top, so that these parts shall have only one vertical motion, is attained by an enlargement of each ring at the joints W and X and an enlargement of the ring A at the hinge H. Thus there are two protuberances on the ring B, at 'iand j, and the wire is coiled closely around the thin part between these enlargements. (See Fig. 3.) In the same manner the ringA is secured by the wire between the enlargements at K and L, and the protuberances on the ring A at M and N secure, by the hinge H, the stopper so that it will have onlyavertical motion relative to the bottle.

What I claim as my invention,and distinguishing it from other bottle-stoppers, is-

1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination. of a cap for holding the cork in the mouth of a. bottle with two rings pivoted upon opposite sides of the neck of the bottle, and adapted to cross and bind upon opposite sides of the cap, substantiall y as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of two rings pivoted on opposite sides of the hottle, and adapted to cross the mouth thereof, and a cap or cover hinged to one of the rings and having a bearing opposite the hinge,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a hinged cover or cap with a metallic ring and a neck-wire, the metallic ring having protuherances to retain the cap in position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JAMES D. MoDADlE. Witnesses:

HENRY MCDADE, THOMAS MCDADE. 

